PowerForward DuPage (formerly NECA-IBEW Local 701 L.M.C.C.) will be holding its 23rd Annual Golf Outing on Saturday, August 3, 2019 at the Bloomingdale Golf Club located at 181 Glen Ellyn Road in Bloomingdale, IL. Registration opens at 7:00 a.m. with a shotgun start at 8:00 a.m. Lunch will be served immediately following golf along with […]

The 2019 PowerForward DuPage Scholarship Application is now available and this year, (5) $1,500 scholarships will be awarded. PowerForward DuPage is proud to provide college tuition assistance to the children of IBEW Local 701 members and signatory contractors. IBEW Local 701 members are also eligible to apply. To view and/or print the 2019 PowerForward DuPage […]

Over 225 students, parents, educators and area residents attended the 2019 DuPage County Trade Apprenticeship Expo on Thursday, May 30th, 2019. The event was co-sponsored by the DuPage County Building & Construction Trades Council and CISCO (Construction Industry Service Corporation) and hosted by PowerForward DuPage. Attendees started arriving at 3:00pm; we were amazed to see […]

    What’s Your Trade? Registration OPEN!   Thursday, May 30th, 2019 3:30pm – 6:30pm            Sponsored by the DuPage County Building Trades and CISCO, this event will feature interactive demonstrations as well as opportunities to meet with instructors to learn more about each individual trade apprenticeship program. The 2019 DuPage […]

PowerForward paid the registration fees for IBEW Local 701 members and (2) signatory contractor safety representatives per company to attend the 2019 Annual Construction Safety Conference and Expo held at the Drury Lane Conference Center on March 4th and 5th. In addition to paying the registration fees, Local 701 members were also awarded (5) incentive […]

  PowerForward DuPage organized a mobile “tour of the trades” for over 40 counselors and teachers from Indian Prairie School District 204 on March 1st, 2019. After a continental breakfast and a welcome by Joe Riley, President of the DuPage County Building Trades, the group took a tour of the IBEW Local 701 building and […]

Is there someone in your company or on your crew who has performed a selfless act or acts of safety extending above and beyond the normal call or duty? The NECA & IBEW Local 701 Safety Committee would like to invite IBEW Local 701 members and signatory contractors to nominate a deserving member for the […]

  PowerForward DuPage was pleased to host the DuPage County Solar Energy Conference this morning, welcoming over 100 registered attendees. The event was co-sponsored by PowerForward DuPage, DuPage County and Choose DuPage, the county’s public-private partnership that supports county-wide economic development initiatives. The featured speakers, Lisa Albrecht of the Illinois Solar Energy Association and owner […]

Congratulations to our 2018 Scholarship winners! In order to receive the $1,500 scholarship, applicants were required to submit a letter stating their goals and why the scholarship should be awarded to them as well as the scholarship application with official high school or college transcripts. Our goal is to provide college tuition assistance to the […]